Stories from Thursday, November 30, 2017

Poplar Bluff Street Department workers will conduct leaf pick up through Jan. 26. Leaves will be picked up by ward, with work starting Monday in Ward 2. The schedule is as follows: Ward 2, through Dec. 8; Ward 3, Dec. 11-22; Ward 4, Dec. 27-Jan. 12; and Ward 5, Jan. 15-26...

From STAFF REPORTS The acapella group SIX will perform at the Tinnin Fine Arts Center on the Three Rivers College campus in Poplar Bluff at 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7. Sponsored by the Dental Arts Group, the Branson, Mo., based band of brothers are appearing as part of the Patrons of the Arts Society's 2017-18 season...

More than 130 former members of the National Guard gathered at the Poplar Bluff Armory Oct. 28 for breakfast, to share memories and salute departed comrades for the 25th Annual Southeast Missouri National Guard Breakfast and Reunion. "The focus continues to be on renewing friendships with former fellow soldiers from near and far away," Chief Warrant Officer 4, Retired Cecil Brake said...

To the Editor The Poplar Bluff Sooners (3rd & 4th grade) travel football team would like to thank Russ Redmond and Sarah Dicken and Redmond Properties for their generous and thoughtful donation that sponsored the team during the Battle in the Bootheel 4th grade football tournament on the weekend of 11/4 - 11/5/17 in Jackson, Mo...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports Jeff Rowland of Poplar Bluff became the most recent record-breaking angler in Missouri when he gigged a northern hog sucker on the Current River in Ripley County. The new "alternative method" record fish caught by Rowland on Oct. 15 weighed 2 pounds, 8 ounces with a length of 18.3 inches. Rowland's recent catch broke the previous state-record held by his cousin of a 2-pound, 3-ounce northern hog sucker gigged in 2010...

By MIKE JENSEN Pulisher Sikeston Standard Democrat I was a college senior in the summer of 1969. To many, this was one of the more fascinating and fast-changing times in American history. The nation was embroiled in the Vietnam war, we had witnessed as a nation the assassinations of some of the most prominent and promising leaders in our history and the civil rights movement was front and center...

By WALTER E. WILLIAMS The educational achievement of white youngsters is nothing to write home about, but that achieved by blacks is nothing less than disgraceful. Let's look at a recent example of an educational outcome all too common. In 2016, in 13 of Baltimore's 39 high schools, not a single student scored proficient on the state's mathematics exam. ...

PARMA, Mo. -- Jessie Ann Montoya, 60, of Parma, died Monday, Nov. 27, 2017 at the Southeast Health of Stoddard County in Dexter. Memorial services will be held from 5-7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017 at the First Baptist Church in Parma with Bro. Kerry Stokes officiating. Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Parma in charge of arrangements...

FISK, Mo. - Stella Faye Lewis, age 89, of Fisk, died Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017 at Puxico Nursing Center, in Puxico, Mo. Mrs. Lewis was born Sept. 28, 1928 in Shook, Mo., daughter of the late John Francis and Stella Bennett. She was a homemaker and in her early life she co-owned and operated a store at DePoyster. ...

Young deer hunters across Missouri just edged out last year's late youth-season harvest by taking 3,056 deer over the three-day season, which ended Sunday. Last year, they took home 2,944 deer during the same period. This season's total, when added to the late October youth deer kill, comes out to a combined youth-season harvest of 20,278, second only to 2012's 21,474 deer taken...

After an unbeaten regular season and SEMO Conference championship, the Poplar Bluff Mules didn't have a single player recognized for a major award at the 72nd annual Poplar Bluff Letter Club Gridiron Banquet on Wednesday night. The Mules, who won the conference title for the first time since 2006, picked up the team championship plaque while Jackson's senior quarterback took home the biggest individual award at the Black River Coliseum...

After rewriting much of the record book for the Poplar Bluff softball program, Shelby Sievers will play at Lindenwood University-Belleville in Illinois after recently signing her National Letter of Intent. The Poplar Bluff senior set seven hitting records for a career or season while helping the Mules win 77 games the last four years...

Mason Libla felt relief when he recently signed his National Letter of Intent to play baseball at Red Lake Community College in Ina, Illinois. "It's so relaxing," the Poplar Bluff senior said. "I can't even explain to you how nice it is to be able to be like, yes, I got his out of the way, I know what I'm doing next year...

David Lee Huck, 70, of Poplar Bluff, passed away on Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau, MO. He was born on May 6, 1947 to Albert and Dorothy (Cornelius) Huck in Racine, WI. He graduated from Park High School, Racine, WI. ...

MaKayla Waldner was one of three Mississippi State University soccer players to be named to the All-Southeast Region team. The Dexter alumna was a third-team forward selection. She led Mississippi State with nine of the team's 32 goals. It put Waldner sixth in program history for goals in a season and the Bulldogs set a new team record for goals in a season. Waldner was also a second team All-SEC selection...